The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the report by Lidia Joanna GERINGER de OEDENBERG (S-D, PL) approving, on re-consultation, the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council codifying Council Directive 83/477/EEC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work.
The text was approved in accordance with the opinion of Consultative Working Party, consisting of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, which confirmed by common accord that the text is a straightforward codification of existing texts, without any change in their substance. A minor change was made to a recital.